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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 51, 644-648, Copyright © 1990 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Urinary hydroxyproline excretion and vitamin C status in healthy young men

P Hevia, ST Omaye and RA Jacob
Agricultural Research Service, USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129.

The relationship between ascorbic acid status and the urinary excretion of hydroxyproline was examined in 11 healthy male subjects fed an ascorbic acid-deficient diet for 14 wk while in a metabolic unit. The diet provided 5 mg ascorbic acid/d and was supplemented with ascorbic acid to give intakes of 65 mg/d (2 wk), 5 mg/d (4 wk), 605 mg/d (3 wk), 5 mg/d (4 wk), and an average 375 mg/d (1 wk). The urinary excretion of hydroxyproline increased by an average of 16% and 30% after the first and second depletion periods, respectively, and decreased to baseline values after supplementation with normal or high doses of vitamin C. Significant (p less than 0.05) inverse correlations were found between urinary hydroxyproline and plasma, red cell, and leukocyte ascorbic acid. These results show that urinary hydroxyproline excretion increases during human vitamin C deficiency but that this effect is not strong enough to provide a reliable marker of mild vitamin C deficiency.




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